We would like to discuss the innovative possibilities of Zoom-recorded plays that are then published to YouTube.
SEE our web site and Planet Zoom Players list of plays here:
https://www.youtube.com/@tucsonhard-sciencesfchanne7577/playlists
For example:
Our group, the Planet Zoom Players, have two plays done, the second play, H. G. Wells's "The Crystal Egg," with about 500 views and gaining high praise for its production quality as an animatics video.
Our goal is to bring to attention classic science fiction stories, adapt these to scripts, and make YouTube videos of them. Many people who have read classic science fiction believe that its best works have either never been made into film or video media.Some classic SF texts have been mishandled in the adaptation process.
Please share your thoughts on this important issue in theatre. How do you think this new capability can help our recovery of worthwhile but little know and never adapated fiction?
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Gloria Lee Mcmillan
Well, at this stage it seems mostly like oldfashioned radio plays. Not that there's anything wrong with that; I've got quite a few of those in my HD — including, believe it or not, The Great Gildersleeve — and I often like just listening with my eyes closed.
However, I do believe there's a lot of room for future development here, with animated avatars and whatnot. And maybe beyond that, VR....
There are two aspects:
1) Many who read SF feel that it is the higher cognitive level stories that do not get made into films because of the demands for onscreen sex, violence, and little philosophical underpinnings. We will highlight concept-driven SF, such as "The Crystal Egg" by H.G. Wells--our first play using much animatics technique. Everything, including the theremin solo in the opening credits serves a purpose that is part of the overall arc of the plot.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcQMqRwuJDs
2) As the person who adapted that Wells short story for its ultimate showing as a YouTube video, the issue which you raise of technology should not drive decisions about the content of our classic science fiction, but rather be a useful part of the performance. That is, we should not be doing just any old SF story in order to be a showcase for new VR gizmos, but use these digital effects as they enhance the aesthetics of the performance, which will remain driven by a concept (trend in society, in science, in tech.)
This may not be the "norm" in this developing area of online performances, but that is what our Planet Zoom Players are in agreement about.
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